title: Pain management for children.
abstract: Dentists are often called upon to perform painful procedures on children. This may present a management problem for the practitioner who is unfamiliar with accepted behavioural management techniques or prescribing analgesics for paediatric patients. This article will review techniques that may be used to guide a child patient's behaviour through painful procedures as well as addressing the need for post-operative analgesics in the paediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics